August 2025 Resources Round-up
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Disability Pride
Niko Boskovic on disability justice and the books that inspire
Marion McLaughlin shares their experience of disability and pride
I outline my journey to disability pride through cancer, neurodivergence, bullying and ableism
Charli Clement explains why Disability Pride doesn’t have to mean being proud of your disability itself
The Activistic Autistic says disability justice isn’t just for easy-to understand and digestible experiences
We Need Diverse Books shares 30 books to read for Disability Pride Month and beyond
Tilly Moses explains how to be an active ally to disabled people
Erika Sanborne says people with disabilities shouldn’t have to endure people accusing them of faking it
Tilly Moses on how being disabled forces her to accept love
Stutterology asks if stuttering’s relationship with disability is changing
Mary Fashik on disability pride and disability rage
Children
All Brains Belong are running a free worldwide connection-making service for neurodivergent kids and teens to make friends
Kieran Rose on empowering Autistic children to lead authentic lives
Kelly Mahler has released Noticing Out Loud: An Adult’s Guide to Interoception Modeling
Kelsie Olds has updated their on-demand webinar, Is it Sensory or is it Behaviour? The Basics of Sensory Processing & Interoception
Rich Howell says children need the space to speak up without being condemned
Gráinne Warren challenges the myth of independence
Laura Hellfeld rethinks hygiene, autonomy and expression
Michael Keady explains why he spent so much time gaming as a child
Michaela Silsby has released Built from All They Broke: Poems from the Heart of a SEND Mum
Evaleen Whelton has published Communication is Connection: A Guide to Understanding Autistic Children
Autism Goggles says they call it social skills training but it’s really obedience training
Libby Hill explains some reasons why children might lie
Dr Alice Nicholls on coping with the school holidays in autistic burnout
Tania Robinson and Colleen Brannon on the neurodiversity “early help” profiling tool creating a very unhelpful barrier to diagnosis
Munira Adenwalla says sensory support isn’t about “fixing”, it’s about understanding
The Autistic Teen reviews The Young Person’s Guide to Autistic Burnout
Teo Byrne shares the relief and dread of the summer holidays
Helen Edgar on summer rhythms for Autistic parents and carers
Michael Charles highlights how disabled children are often treated as safeguarding risks when parents seek help
Elly Chapple explains what happened to her family when they asked for support
Professor Andy Bilson and others call for the withdrawal of FII guidance
Marion McLaughlin shares their perspective on gentle parenting
The Autistic SENCO explains why she doesn’t use the naughty step
Ayanna Sanaa Davis looks at why white families need to read books about Black autistic kids
Kristy Forbes shares her number one parenting regret
Em Hammond outlines coregulation
Tanya Valentin explains why “functioning” before burnout was often masking and people pleasing
Tania Wieclaw says teaching children bodily autonomy is foundational
Autism Goggles on setting boundaries for grandparents
Elspeth Hetrick looks at why children may struggle with anticipation
Tania Wieclaw on what happens when her sensory tolerance cup is empty as a parent
Boudica Atheldene looks at why Autistic parents deserve sensory support – and a village
PDA
The PDA Society has set up new Facebook support groups for parents and carers of PDA teenagers aged 11+ and with children aged 10 and under
Kristy Forbes discusses PDA standoffs
Gina Gush says don’t react to the reaction
Laura Hellfeld looks at PDA and play
Kristy Forbes explains why allowing “no” can be an accommodation
Libby Hill has released ‘Born Naughty?: Decoding PDA: A Decade of Discovery in Practice’
Steph Curtis on PDA, education and the end of mainstream school
Education
Lizz Mears joins The Unschool Space podcast to discuss putting children’s mental health and happiness first
The Autistic SENCO says home education isn’t just for the wealthy
Stimpunks and the Human Restoration Project discuss human-centered learning for neurodivergent and disabled people
Guy Stephens explains why rewards in schools are more harmful than helpful
The Autistic SENCO on why the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill isn’t the step forward it claims to be
Rebecca Engle says neurodivergent students don’t need a calm corner, they need a whole classroom rooted in calm, connection, and compassion
Emily Wooden shares her experience of navigating the education system as an Autistic girl
Shubha Balabaer questions how schools can call themselves ‘inclusive’ if all disabled kids can’t go there
Natasha Leahy outlines the systemic educational failure of autistic children and young people
Viv Dawes reflects on how cruel school policies don’t prepare children for adulthood
Marion McLaughlin looks at the obsession with the cost of ‘special educational needs’
Krysia Waldock has released Applications and Practices for Empowering Neurodivergent Learners
Out of the Box – Autism & Us shares the difference that can be made when a school listens to a child’s needs
Marie Hutchinson-Ralph examines resilience and when toughening up doesn’t work
Michaela Silsby shares her daughter’s experience of bullying as a neurodivergent teen
The Autistic SENCO challenges the damaging claim that children arrive at school “unable to learn”
Michaela Silsby writes a poem to Bridget Phillipson
Helen Buzdugan challenges Bridget Phillipson’s belief that people exist to serve the system
Speech and language therapist Ruth Jones shares her thoughts on school readiness
Jenn Hodge reworks Bridget Phillipson’s video
Dr Chloe Farahar on neurodivergent voices in education
Yellow Ladybugs have updated their Supporting Autistic Girls at School guide
Sparkle – The National Transgender Charity shares serious concerns over the new Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) statutory guidance issued by the UK Government
The Autistic SENCO challenges false narratives about home education
Helen Edgar on being with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities through attunement and shared time
It’s That Parent shares 10 things they’ve said about the school system that have annoyed the internet
Michelle Rose responds to Bridget Phillipson blaming neurodivergent children and their parents for ‘school refusal’
It’s That Parent reminds that research has shown when autistic children struggle to attend school the most significant predictor is the school environment
Kieran Rose urges the Anna Freud Centre to update their ‘EBSA’ guidance after more research shows autistic and ADHD adolescents experience twice the emotional burden at school as neurotypical teens
David Gray-Hammond explains how school environments can be reshaped for Autistic students
Natasha Leahy reflects on school trauma and adults’ life chances
Helen Buzdugan shares how she discovered she was at risk of being fined because her son was ill “too often”
Apraxia and Non-speakers
Alice Kerby has created a series of YouTube videos comparing AAC apps
Tiffany Hammond explains why parents can’t be everything for their children
Jakob’s mum shares the importance of understanding apraxia and supporting communication for non-, minimal and unreliable speakers
Boho Speechie reminds that many non-speakers are gestalt language processors and we can’t know where they are in their internal language development journey until they have access to reliable communication
Em Hammond has created a resource to support understanding of different types of communication
Tiffany Hammond asks people not to talk to non-speakers like babies
Shubha Balabaer has published a list of Pictellos available to share
Nicole Sheldon looks at prompt dependence
Tiffany Hammond explains that non-speaking doesn’t mean non-driving
Shaun Heasley highlights how paediatricians are being urged to promote wider use of AAC devices
Use of Language and Pathologisation
Chelsea Verrette looks at autism in advertising and how storytelling has turned autism into a disaster, and what ethical representation could look like instead
Natasha Leahy analyses “You don’t look autistic” as cultural violence
Rachel Moseley says no evidence links autism with terrorism, but ill-judged statements and headlines will lead to stigma
Emily Quinton on how “on the spectrum” lands like an arrow
Kieran Rose and his audience discuss the meaning and implications of “high masking”
Autism Out Loud on the impact of autism myths
Pete Wharmby reminds us that autism is not a new thing
Vincent Phoenix Sumah says autism and ADHD existed long before they were pathologised
Evaleen Whelton points out that we don’t say “I have to manage my neurotypicalism,” so why do we say it about Autism or ADHD?
Nigh.functioning.Autism likens the puzzle piece for autism to how the Confederate flag makes most Black Americans feel
Marion McLaughlin shares their thoughts on puzzle pieces
Chris Wells on reframing their bipolar diagnosis
Janae Elisabeth on the meaning of neurodivergence
Open Future Learning on how the term ‘severe’ drowns out everything else
Nigh.functioning.Autism wrestles with the appropriateness of the word “grief” in the context of a non-fatal disability diagnosis
Janae Elisabeth counters Gabor Mate’s idea that “ADHD is a reversible impairment”
Whitni Miller on the meaning of queer
Open Future Learning demonstrates the way we speak shapes the way we see and how we support people
Sam Farmer says their government is waging war on them and their community
David Gray-Hammond considers how subtyping and intelligence as a concept are harming Autistic people
Sher Griffin on using ‘neuroconvergent’ instead of ‘neurotypical’
Jackie Dilworth shares the truth about the R-Word from the people it hurts most
Sonny Jane Wise on why the concepts of ‘male Autism’ and ‘female Autism’ uphold white heteropatriarchy and enforce gender norms
Chrome reminds people that ‘going non-verbal’ shouldn’t be used to mean temporarily losing speech
Janae Elisabeth explains why the term “disordered eating” instead of “having an eating disorder” helps them to find a pathway towards eating
Marie Camin looks at why clinicians miss or misdiagnose Autistic adults – Part 1 | Part 2
Gina Rippon explains why the rise in autism diagnoses is good news
Shubha Balabaer says “high and low support needs” puts the problem on the individual instead of on society letting them down
Kate Boot explains why language access matters after someone receives a diagnosis
Down Syndrome Cheshire discusses language used about people with Down Syndrome
Ella Tab explains why they don’t like being referred to as an expert by experience
Corinne Beuzelin looks at why many Autistic people are uncomfortable with the idea that autism is a superpower
Sher Griffin challenges the idea that labels fuel division
Dean Beadle on rejecting the deficit model of autism
Dr Glenn Doyle on PTSD and CPTSD as injury not disorder
Candy Courn highlights autistic stereotypes and tropes in the media
Sonny Jane Wise explains why mental health conditions are forms of neurodivergence
Down Syndrome Cheshire on the discrimination perpetuated by benevolent ableism
The Activistic Autistic explains why Trump’s new executive order is a direct threat to neurodivergent Americans
John Watts on why autism and ADHD are disabilities not disorders
Late Identification
Helen Edgar on understanding herself through monotropism
Candy Courn looks at late diagnosis and skill regression
Shubha Balabaer explains how her partner’s autism identification helped them understand his meltdowns and shutdowns
Lost and Now Found: A guide to understanding and accepting yourself for late-discovered autistic adults by Kate Laine-Toner and Suzi Payton will be released on August 21st
Pete Wharmby shares ten things you need to figure out after an autism diagnosis
Ryan Perez outlines the resentment he felt towards family and friends after being diagnosed autistic
InvisAble InkEd on late diagnosis and medical negligence
Catherine Luna Blyth shares things they’ve learned about themselves since their autism diagnosis
Sandra Thom-Jones has released Growing in to Autism
Neurodivergent Cultures and Ways of Being
I outline some of the reasons why tabletop gaming is so popular with neurodivergent people
Teo Byrne looks at some of the different ways in which people experience urgency
vōx and Autistic Ang discuss recognition, unmasking, and returning to the body
David Gray-Hammond has released Unashamed Autistic: Collected Writings On The Nature Of Autism And Autistic Pride
Unique Minds: An Anthology of Art, Poetry, and Short Stories by Autistic People is now available
Nic King and Kate Fox discuss the joy of dopamine dressing
Evaleen Whelton deconstructs neuronormative ‘manners’
Gráinne Warren challenges the idea that there’s no such thing as Autistic culture
Caroline Keep looks at why AI can’t handle autistic communication styles
Uniquely Human The Podcast reflects on the impact of Neurotribes to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its publication
Lindsay Douglas on neurodivergence, creativity, and the radical reclamation of AI as access
International Coalition Against Restraint And Seclusion reminds people that if you’re contacting a neurodivergent organisation, respect different communication styles
David Gray-Hammond examines the double empathy problem as a difference in reality
Anita Hempenius on the ADHD struggle to conform
Sophie Willow asks what if your need for order and chaos isn’t a problem?
Allan White explores their special interest in flintknapping through a dyspraxic lens
NeuroWild on when someone in your house is autistic
Matt Lowry and Erin Findley have launched The Autistic VOICE Project podcast
Dr Gemma L. Williams on sensory overwhelm and becoming a cyborg
Marion McLaughlin has launched a new Autistic Knowledge Centre
Jill Holly shares her experiences of monotropism and demand avoidance
Kate Boot on demand avoidance vs sensory needs
The Autistic Teacher looks at autism and sensitivity to sound
Evaleen Whelton asks if everyone masks, why do we live in a world where so many people feel unsafe being themselves?
Nicola Rose has released Magnetosphere – a film about synaesthesia
Marion McLaughlin explores disability representation in Star Trek
Helen Edgar explains ethodivergent hearth building as a relational neuroqueering community practice
Aisling Walsh considers Pleasantville through an autistic lens
Dr Angela Kingdon and Simon Scott explore passionate superfanning
Dawn Prince-Hughes shares the experience of seeing still photographs moving and lights in darkness
Wellbeing and Neurodivergence
Mati Boulakia-Bortnick explains the difference between internalised meltdowns and shutdowns
AJ’s Brain on meltdowns vs shutdowns
Kristen McClure explores rejection sensitivity in safe relationships
Anissa Ljanta looks at the who, what and how of perseveration
Callum Brazzo outlines the ice cream analogy for the build up of changes and sensory challenges
Kelly Banks considers how to manage and prevent ADHD burnout
Patrick Casale shares his experience of AuDHD burnout
Vincent Phoenix Sumah says being a therapist doesn’t erase their autism
Marion McLaughlin discusses Autistic responses to praise
Dr Megan Anna Neff asks how to we come to believe we’re broken in the first place?
Kelly Banks on how to feel less guilty about resting with ADHD
Helen Edgar has produced a neurodivergent and disabled wheel of life resource and journal
Diversity Doodles questions the concept of losing skills
Dr Raquel Martin explains why people’s bodies may break down when they finally feel safe
LiL Penguin Studios has created communication cards for meltdowns and shutdowns
Janae Elisabeth explains fawning as a type of appeasement and trauma response
How Do I Human? on learning to honour autistic needs without guilt
Kelly Tuttle shares their experience of how traumatic brain injury can increase the risk of suicide
Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle explains why “You’re safe now” often doesn’t do much for CPTSD survivors
Diversity Doodles looks at anxiety as the cause, instead of being caused
Remie Colledge shares what others can do to help lift the load from neurodivergent people
Marion McLaughlin on why trans rights are autistic rights
LiL Penguin Studios on autism, daily routines and exhaustion
Laila Volpe examines benefits and considerations of pet ownership for Autistic people
Kristen McClure shares signs you could be headed for ADHD burnout
Patrick Casale on the difference between autistic burnout and general burnout
Joanna Grace responds to the idea of not wanting to use autism as an excuse
Laura Hellfeld looks at what same foods are and why they matter
Kristen McClure shares tools for setting boundaries when people judge your ADHD traits
Helen Edgar explores glimmers, autistic joy and monotropism
Charli Clement on disability benefit rhetoric, the welfare bill, and what you can do about it
Leanne Maskell shares her experience of alexithymia
Dr Megan Anna Neff looks at finding “enoughness”
Joanna Grace and Tigger Pritchard on what happens when people get so stressed they hurt themselves or others
Katie Munday outlines how to support trans and non-binary friends
The ADHD Weasel looks at how to steer through an unstructured summer
Lovette Jallow on the problem with forced inclusion in friendship
Teo Byrne has produced a new resource on transitions as a process
Elspeth Hetrick says perhaps living a joyous and fulfilled life isn’t about avoiding shame
Lovette Jallow challenges white people using autism to justify their racism
The Audhd Mental Health Educator discusses how your inner voice can paralyse you
Natasha Leahy explains polyvagal theory in plain language
Dr Chloe Farahar shares what Autistic people say about the NHS and council services
Marion McLaughlin looks at Autistic experiences of anxiety
Janae Elisabeth explains how trauma can affect the presentation of traits for each Autistic individual but doesn’t change whether we are Autistic or not
Open Future Learning demonstrates how developmental disabilities don’t make people dangerous, environments do
Amanda McGuinness looks at negative autistic friendship experiences
Neurodivergent-Affirming Practice
Neuroqueering Somatics: A conversation at the intersection of neurodivergence and somatic practice with Dr Nick Walker and Katy Lee Higgins is now available on YouTube
Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics have created a series of training resources giving intersectional, practical, and informed perspectives through lived experiences
A New Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: Embedding Context, Diversity, and Equity into Practice by Mahmood Ahmad will be released on August 25th
Dyspraxia Magazine looks at reasonable adjustments in driving lessons and tests
Sara Eileen O’Neil Woods et al. have put together a paper on the principles of neurodiversity-affirming collaborative assessment
Teo Byrne on the difference between autonomy and agency in support for neurodivergent people
Catherine Flynn explores autistic joy and world-building in the therapy room
Sher Griffin outlines what to look for in neurodivergent-affirming therapy, assessments, and providers
Neuroqueering Therapy looks at what neurodiversity-affirming means
Bernie Wright shares why it’s critical for eating disorder practitioners to understand Autism, ADHD, and AuDHD
Ruth Jones’ book Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice for Speech and Language Therapists: Supporting Curiosity, Compassion and Conversation is available for pre-order
Tanya Valentin and I discuss neuroaffirming resources, therapy and identity
Sophie Longley on sharing lived experience as an autistic practitioner
Natasha Leahy explains why therapy is political
Catherine Flynn outlines how autistic pattern recognition guides neuroaffirmative therapy
Annie Crowe has set up a Facebook group for neuroaffirming neurodivergent advocates
Jill Holly has created on demand training on understanding burnout from an autistic and ADHD perspective
Dr Megan Anna Neff has released The Sensory Lens Toolkit and Foundations of Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy on demand training
Dr Gemma L. Williams shares recommendations for improving the sensory environments of hospital settings for neurodivergent inpatients
Work and Employment
On Dyscalculia discusses pushing through and burning out
Jorie Houlihan on embracing ADHD in the workplace
Pete Wharmby’s talk on making an autistic living is now available to watch
Ann Memmott looks at autistic meltdowns and shutdowns in the workplace
Mads shares how she’s autistic and every job she’s ever had has ended badly
Brett Whitmarsh outlines the biggest mistakes he made as a manager unaware of his neurodivergence – and what he does now
Candy Courn explains how they’re able to work as an autistic person
Kay Louise Aldred looks at how to create neurodivergent-affirming organisations
Katelyn Keegan shares her sensory friendly office
Charlotte Mia and Jess Joy look at how to discuss neuroinclusion at work as a neurodivergent person
Annie Crowe on how to ask for what you need at work without apologising for existing
Nathan McConnell shares what it’s like to be rejected and gatekept
Claire Britton has released the Neurodiversity-Affirming Workplace Supports eBook
Kelly Tuttle explains that when someone returns to work after a brain injury, they may not be the same person
Neurodivergent Health
An in-depth account of using the Neurodivergent Healthcare Passport
David Gray-Hammond explains how autistic people can experience pain differently
Cortney Gensemer looks at the role genes play in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS)
Christina Keeble shares the reality of fatigue for neurodivergent people with chronic illness
Helen Edgar on rest, burnout, and monotropic flow
Helen Edgar examines what it means to reclaim rest
The Activistic Autistic shares the huge impact missing medication can have
Sam Galloway on the sensory overload of menstruation
Hannah Anstee shares her experience of autistic perimenopause
vōx on dynamic disability, invisible illness, and learning to stop faking it
Queer people offer suggestions to improve the medical system
Laura Hellfeld has produced a guide for families and professionals on how to support young people to not hold their bladders
Lindsay Douglas shares a PMDD guide for neurodivergent minds
Laura Hellfeld on understanding sleep inertia and easing into the day
Fiona Sneddon looks at managing POTS during heatwaves
Kate Ryan on getting a colonoscopy as an autistic
The Disabled Ginger shares what their hysterectomy taught them about bodily autonomy and misogyny
Kristen McClure outlines research into the correlation between ADHD and IBS
Research
Ann Memmott rounds up July’s Autism, ADHD and gendered experiences research
Katie Munday shares an update on research to transform cancer services and include the voices of neurodivergent people
Hari Srinivasan has published Neurodiversity 2.0 – Harnessing cross-disciplinary disability insights
David Gray-Hammond explains why the Princeton study presents ethical issues and a risk to the Autistic community
Ann Memmott reviews Princeton research suggesting there are four types of autistic people
Jules Edwards and Alex Darc explain why the Princeton autism study needs to be taken with a grain of salt
Teo Byrne reflects on how the Princeton study demonstrates how deeply misunderstood autism still is
Oswin Latimer asks people to practice science literacy when reviewing the Princeton paper
Jesse Meadows summarises research on ADHD consciousness, brain wrinkles, and life-world disruption
Janae Elisabeth looks at exploring ‘truthiness’
Grant Blasko has published research unveiling underlying systemic isolation challenges for AAC users
Muhammad Hossain and Justine Bain have published research into ADHD burnout and need for belonging
New research has been published into the lived experiences of autistic adults in Japan
Parents share their positive experiences of parenting Autistic children
Reframing Autism summarises a study on Autistic people’s experience of university and how to help them succeed
Joanna Grace challenges the idea that people described as having profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (profound and multiple learning disabilities in the UK) can’t be included in research
Onwards and Upwards Psychology looks at what research says about screentime for autistic children
Aimee Grant has released a summer update of research on autism from menopause to menstruation
Research shows how auditory environments influence the link between Autistic traits and quality of life
Thriving Autistic breaks down research into global Indigenous perspectives on autism and autism research
Nic King shares research capturing the experiences of 135 autistic young people
Katie Munday shares highlights from three trans+ conferences
Jordan Zimmerman researches the intersecting role of AAC, literacy, and technology
Research shows how autistic adults can be overwhelmed by non-verbal social cues
Dr Catherine Crompton shares research on ‘information transfer within and between Autistic and non-Autistic people’
Measuring autistic burnout: A psychometric validation of the AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure in autistic adults demonstrates it is a reliable and valid measure
Ludmila N. Praslova summarises research into why Autistic and ADHD students are stressed at school
Neurodivergent neurodiversity researchers ask ‘What is the neurodiversity movement and what should it do?’
Jade Farrington - Neurodivergent Counsellor and Rewind Trauma Therapist 